Friday, November 9, 2007

THE PAKISTANIS LAWYERS' LUCK

1Some lawyers who were Pakistanis,Opposing General Musharraf,Crash landed on their legal fanniesAnd ended up in jail. A gaffe,As any lawyer knew, permittingAt very least a hostile kidding;At worst, the work of Murphy’s Law.These lawyers though, quick on the draw,Won overwhelming adulationOf every single inmate thereBy proving they were on the squareFor showing that their congregationWas being held there by a courtThat lacked the country’s moral support.2This gave the convicts hope for pleadingTheir sentences out for time served.But when the lawyers held a meetingThey seemed upset and quite reserved-For with no working constitution, What constituted restitutionWas quite beyond them. What to do?They didn’t have the faintest clue.The prisoners meanwhile by consensusDecided on a mass escape;And to this end a plan took shape-“We’ll push the lawyers first to fence us; And if the guards don’t shoot them deadWe’ll know to trust in what they’ve said.”3The lawyers found this plan upsettingAnd pleaded with them not to try.Some even lapsed back to bedwettingAnd none had wished to play bull’s-eye.The day came dawning bright and cheery; But when time came to test the theory, The lawyers locked themselves insideAnd prayed to Allah for who died.But when at last they heard no shooting,The prisoners were free they knewAnd so had proved their theory true.But stepping out they heard the hooting-The convicts did control the yardsAs Musharraf’s new prison guards.